Bull Harbour is a

settlement Settlement may refer to: *Human settlement, a community where people live *Settlement (structural), downward movement of a structure's foundation *Settlement (finance), where securities are delivered against payment of money *Settlement (litigatio ...

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. Bull Harbour is a settlement on

Hope Island Hope Island may refer to: Places Antarctica * Hope Island (Graham Land), an island on d'Urville Island * Nadezhdy Island (Hope Island) Australia * Hope Island, Queensland, a suburb of Gold Coast City * Hope Island (Tasmania) * Hope Islands (Queen ...

, just north of northern

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across

Goletas Channel Goletas Channel is a channel and strait on the north side of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It separates Vancouver Island from Hope Island and Nigei Island, located just east of Cape Sutil, the northernmost point of Vancouver Islan ...

. It has an estimated population of 2-20 people. The name Bull Harbour has been in use since at least 1841. The name likely comes from the large and fierce

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s that frequent the area.

Climate

The climate is temperate

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(''Cfb'' in the

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) with a strong drying trend in summer. Winters are cool and wet, directly affected by Pacific lows, while summers are mild. The most rain falls in November, while the least rain falls in July.

References

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